Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.
HF3326 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Environment; mercury-containing lighting banned.
HF3577 (Jordan) Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act established, and rulemaking authorized.
HF3368 (Hansen) Notification and local approval required before use of money from closed landfill investment fund and metropolitan landfill contingency action trust account.
If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm, Monday, February 19, 2024. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.
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Bills Added:
HF3326
(Hemmingsen-Jaeger) - Environment; mercury-containing lighting banned.
HF3577
(Jordan) - Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act established, and rulemaking authorized.
HF3368
(Hansen) - Notification and local approval required before use of money from closed landfill investment fund and metropolitan landfill contingency action trust account.
HF3466 (Rehm) Opportunities to protect native prairie expanded.
HF3376 (Greenman) Digital image use as proof of possession of game and fish licenses allowed.
HF3377 (Hansen) Environment and natural resources trust fund; previous appropriations modified, and money appropriated.
If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm, Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.
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Bills Added:
HF3466
(Rehm) - Opportunities to protect native prairie expanded.
HF3376
(Greenman) - Digital image use allowed as proof of possession of passes and licenses, and electronic device use provided to display documents.
HF3377
(Hansen) - Environment and natural resources trust fund; previous appropriations modified, and money appropriated.
*Updates from state agencies on implementation of: Inflow and Infiltration grants (Metropolitan Council); Climate Resiliency grants and Cumulative Impacts (MPCA); Emerald Ash Borer grants and Neonicotinoids in Wildlife (DNR); and Water Storage and Lawns to Legumes (BWSR).
*Item Removed: Overview of implications of U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Tyler vs. Hennepin County on tax-forfeited lands.
Please note that this is an informational interim hearing and no official action will be taken. Any meeting documents will be posted on the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy committee website at https://www.house.mn.gov/Committees/Home/93008
*Written testimony will be accepted if you submit to Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 9:00am on October 18, 2023.
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HF2310 (Hansen) Environment and Natural Resources Omnibus Bill.
Omnibus bill markup and vote.
*The deadline to submit amendments to the DE electronically to the Committee Administrator (Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov) is 7:00pm on Tuesday, March 28, 2023.
The committee will recess at 5:30pm and reconvene at 6:00pm in Room 10 State Office Building to hear the following bills:
HF1900 (Hollins) Renewal of environment and natural resources trust fund provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF2778 (Hansen) Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources membership and terms modified, availability of fund disbursements modified, and appointments provided.
**Please note that amendments for HF1900 (Hollins) and HF2778 (Hansen) are due by 1:00pm, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony on HF1900 or HF2778, please email Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.
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Bills Added:
HF2310
(Hansen) - Environment, natural resources, climate, and energy finance and policy bill.
HF1900
(Hollins) - Environment and natural resources trust fund renewal provided and trust fund provisions modified, community grant program established, community grant program advisory council established, report required, money appropriated, and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF2778
(Hansen) - Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources membership and terms modified, availability of fund disbursements modified, and appointments provided.
Walk-through and Public Testimony of Delete-All amendment to HF2310 (Hansen) Environment and Natural Resources Omnibus Bill.
*An author’s delete-all amendment to HF2310 (Hansen) is posted below. The deadline to submit amendments to the DE electronically to the Committee Administrator (Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov) is 7:00pm on Tuesday, March 28, 2023.
**If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 9:00am, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.
To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
Bills Added:
HF2310
(Hansen) - Environment, natural resources, climate, and energy finance and policy bill.